WOW! PERFECT!
It is funny how when you are watching something, it is almost too late before you know you are seeing something special. Today with no sound on one of the smaller televisions at work I watched 7 innings in passing before I realized what was happening. It wasn't until a regular said to me, " Nate put this on the big screen this Mark Buehrle guy is perfect through seven." I was impressed so I through it on and as they say the rest is history.
To set this up we have to take a look a the perfect game. There have now only been eighteen perfect games in Major League Baseball history. Some have been thrown by the most dominant pitchers in history. Of those eighteen perfect games only nine have been in the span of my life from 1982. I have only seen three of these games. The first one I saw was David Wells in 1998, then Randy Johnson in 2004, and now Buerhle in 2009. Like I said though it is something you don't realize right away, but apparently Buerhle says he knew "from the get-go."
27 up and 27 down that is a perfect game. No errors, no walks, no hits. That is the most impressive string of no's you will ever see since I tried to date a cheer leading squad in college. Today in Chicago I couldn't believe what I was seeing, once I realized what was going on anyway. But I am glad I started paying attention, because the most amazing baseball moment of the season happened with one out in the ninth inning. Pat Buerhle threw a strike to Tampa Bay's Dave Kaplar in a 2-2 count and Kaplar blasted it deep into a center field, it was a home run for sure. Bye-Bye perfect game and no hitter in one swing, then Dwayne Wise rose over the wall and snatched the home run back into the park. He even added some drama by bobbling it before securing it with his bare hand. Buerhle's said, wow, and he knew he had to get that last out or he would let down Wise. He did get the last out and the celebrations began.
The funniest part of it all is that while all this was going on, in my bar there was a Cubs fan, a Marlin Fan, and a Mets fan rooting Buerhle on. When the ball was headed toward the fence we were silent and when Wise brought it back we erupted. It was a great sports fan moment. I loved every minute of it. See pro sports, even baseball, can still be captivating even if for one afternoon. Live like no one is and witness something good, no matter how trivial!
To set this up we have to take a look a the perfect game. There have now only been eighteen perfect games in Major League Baseball history. Some have been thrown by the most dominant pitchers in history. Of those eighteen perfect games only nine have been in the span of my life from 1982. I have only seen three of these games. The first one I saw was David Wells in 1998, then Randy Johnson in 2004, and now Buerhle in 2009. Like I said though it is something you don't realize right away, but apparently Buerhle says he knew "from the get-go."
27 up and 27 down that is a perfect game. No errors, no walks, no hits. That is the most impressive string of no's you will ever see since I tried to date a cheer leading squad in college. Today in Chicago I couldn't believe what I was seeing, once I realized what was going on anyway. But I am glad I started paying attention, because the most amazing baseball moment of the season happened with one out in the ninth inning. Pat Buerhle threw a strike to Tampa Bay's Dave Kaplar in a 2-2 count and Kaplar blasted it deep into a center field, it was a home run for sure. Bye-Bye perfect game and no hitter in one swing, then Dwayne Wise rose over the wall and snatched the home run back into the park. He even added some drama by bobbling it before securing it with his bare hand. Buerhle's said, wow, and he knew he had to get that last out or he would let down Wise. He did get the last out and the celebrations began.
The funniest part of it all is that while all this was going on, in my bar there was a Cubs fan, a Marlin Fan, and a Mets fan rooting Buerhle on. When the ball was headed toward the fence we were silent and when Wise brought it back we erupted. It was a great sports fan moment. I loved every minute of it. See pro sports, even baseball, can still be captivating even if for one afternoon. Live like no one is and witness something good, no matter how trivial!
Labels: Chicago White Sox, Dave Kaplar, David Wells, Mark Buerhle, MLB, perfect games, Randy Johnson, Tampa Bay Rays
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